St Thomas, Exeter

[pedroparker]

Hi Anne,

That's unfortunate as a lot of Westlake and Staddon family members went there but thank you for your time in looking for us.

Much appreciated and thanks again.

Pedro.

[Melagbe]

Hi Anne

Would you please look for Hall, Martin and Sweetland.

Thank you.

Mel

[Roobarb]

Hello Anne, thank you for your very kind offer. 

My great grandfather was baptised at St. Thomas church, he was born in the workhouse which is nearby. I visited Exeter in the summer and made a point of visiting the church. I went inside to look at the font and was allowed to take some photos. It's a lovely church with a beautiful font.

This is a long shot because the family lived at Topsham and I think most of them would have been buried there but do you please have any records for the Bell family? They were a poor family so I also think it's unlikley that they would have a marked grave but it's worth a try! 

Thank you.

[windeatt]

Thank you very much anyway for taking the trouble, A
nne.  Sandra-W

[Darwin]

Lovely photo of the font - I was baptised there as were my mother & grandmother. My great-grandmother used to do all the Vicarage laundry by hand (on top of her own large family's clothes).

[annejan_1]

Greetings from Canada,  Anne, I was happy to see your offer here. I have been trying to get birth/baptismal information for Phillip Edward Bishop. The BMD index has him born Apr/May/June 1846 registered in St. Thomas District  vol x  P. 243.
Does the district refer to your parish or to a geographical area?  I ask because although his parents were married at St. Mary Major, Exeter in 1845 the rest of his siblings were baptized by Wesleyan Circuit clergy nr. Barnstaple where the parents moved a couple of years later.
Later on his record of entry to the USA has his birth as Feb 1846 (no day).  His parents were Edward Turner Bishop and Mary Ann Hartnoll.

If you can check your births/baptisms I would be very happy.  Thank-you in advance.   Jan

[Darwin]

The registration district of St Thomas covered the following parishes so if he's not baptised in St Thomas parish church, there are rather a lot of alternatives (plus non-conformist baptisms of course) http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/st%20thomas.html

Do you know where his father was living before he married Mary Ann?

[Aquestor]

Hi Anne
I am looking for a possible vault or walled burial for the Gray family.  There are possibly four burials; 1835, 1848, 1854 and 1872.  I hope you can help.  Tom

[Mowsehowse]

Hello Anne....... a shot in the dark..............

If this offer is still open, are there any church records that associate with the Gaol which was in the St Thomas area??   I have an ancestor who was transported to Maryland (USA) in 1738, but her group were imprisoned for many months and they had to make a special appeal for food as they almost starved to death, (literally).

I assume there would have been some spiritual care offered?